ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government is all set to promulgate next week an ordinance seeking establishment of special courts for speedy trial of rape cases, according to a media report.
Under the proposed law, rape cases would not be investigated by ordinary police officials and only a gazetted officer up to the level of DIG (deputy inspector general) or SSP (senior superintendent of police) would monitor these cases, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan told Dawn News.
Awan said the proposed law also suggested steps for speedy disposal of cases.
He said this after Prime Minister Imran Khan through a tweet announced that the government had planned to bring a stringent and holistic anti-rape ordinance closing all loopholes .
Awan, who is also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Legislative Cases, said the prime minister was very much concerned over the recent incidents of rape in different parts of the country. —PTI

Press Trust of India